| investigations on naturally occurring trypanosoma evansi infections in horses, cattle, dogs and capybaras (hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) in pantanal de poconé (mato grosso, brazil). | the prevalence of mal de cadeiras--portuguese for trypanosoma (t.) evansi infections in horses--as well as the prevalence of t.evansi infections in cattle, dogs and free-ranging capybaras (hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) was investigated in pantanal de poconé (mato grosso, brazil). in 0.3, 8.6 and 8.0% of the horses, dogs and capybaras, respectively, infection was detected using standard parasitological methods. a seroprevalence of 4.1, 2.3, 7.1 and 22.0% was found in horses, cattle, dogs and capybar ... | 1994 | 7887341 |
| trypanosoma evansi in inbred and swiss-webster mice: distinct aspects of pathogenesis. | trypanosoma evansi (trypanosomatidae, kinetoplastida) is a salivarian trypanosomatid that infects eight mammal orders spread over america, europe and asia. in brazil, t. evansi is the etiological agent of "mal de cadeiras", a horse disease very often described in the region known as pantanal do mato grosso. few data concerning the genetic diversity and biology of subpopulations of t. evansi that circulate in brazil are available. the factors that modulate the interaction of this parasite with it ... | 2004 | 15338287 |